| 单词 | mitchell grass |
| 释义 | > as lemmasMitchell grass In full Mitchell grass. Any of several drought-resistant Australian grasses of the genus Astrebla, valuable as fodder.Also with distinguishing word denoting particular species, as bull Mitchell grass, curly Mitchell grass. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > particular fodder plants > [noun] > grasses used for hay or pasture windlestrawc1000 red grass1582 spring grass1643 sweet-grass1709 herd-grass1747 Guinea grass1756 vernal grass1762 vernal1771 Paspalum1772 buffalo grass1784 Rhode Island bent1790 red-top1792 finetop1824 kangaroo-grass1827 gamagrass1831 sweet vernal grass1839 yellow-top1839 grama1844 sesame grass1845 sacate1848 Para grass1850 Hungarian1859 alfilaria1860 sacaton1865 Mitchell grass1867 teosinte1877 Landsborough grass1883 turnip-grass1889 brown top1891 ichu1891 manna1897 Rhodes grass1903 Sudan1911 Kikuyu grass1913 never-fail1923 buffel grass1955 1867 Queenslander 12 Jan. 8/6 There is a grass locally known by the name of Mitchell grass, which has the valuable peculiarity of being revivified by rain. 1880 J. Bonwick Resources Queensland 44 As to native grasses, one has forty varieties growing..the perenial, fattening, drought-resisting Mitchell. 1883 F. M. Bailey Synopsis Queensland Flora 660 Used for food by the natives. The most valuable fodder-grass of the colony. True Mitchell-grass. 1902 Encycl. Brit. XXXII. 108/2 The ‘Mitchell grasses’ (Astrebla pectinata) and its varieties, viz., the Wheat (triticoides), the weeping (elymoides), and the curly (curvifolia),..have the most extraordinary vitality. 1934 Bulletin (Sydney) 27 June 22/1 Bull Mitchell grass and its seed is easily the best feed we have. 1936 J. Downie Galloping Hoofs 45 The whole country was heavily grassed with mitchell. 1948 V. Palmer Golconda xix. 153 League upon league of crinkly Mitchell grass. 1975 E. R. Rotheram et al. Flowers & Plants New S. Wales & Southern Queensland 180 Bull Mitchell..will grow in..badly drained soils. 1995 Artists & Illustrators Apr. 61/2 The surrounding desert now lives again, sprouting scrub and abundant Mitchell Grass after 20 years of careful regeneration. < as lemmas |
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